Tomorrow's Headlines: POACHING, armed robbery and burglary SWEEPS across USA...

Hi Gordon,

As the weather begins to warm across the USA...I believe more and more people will be searching for ways to grow food. Such as container gardens.

Also, used clothing...yard sales will be in full swing.

More and more people will opt to eat rather than buy prescription medicines. And, gun sales will soar.

Not to mention the rise in Copper, Electricity, and Television Services thefts.

As more and more people are forced to leave their homes and join those currently living in tent cities, local crime rates will climb. And, a way of life that has been enjoyed by millions in the USA will be gone forever.

As you say...We'll see.

My Best 2 U,

LindaC

Gordon, do you read George Ure over at www.urbansurvival.com ?
He has been talking for sometime of the "Summer of Hell". Food riots, diaspora...
It's certainly an interesting alternative to the MSM

Larry Foster

[GordonJ]

By summer, we'll have over 100,000 people living in TENTS in the state capitals...maybe more than that.

Tents and all things camping are selling like hotcakes. But it appears to be people investing in their next HOME, not their next adventure.

Larry, I do read Ure, not keen on "economists", but I stay up on all the survivalist and nut jobs like myself out there.

Linda, imagine a tent city with half a million people in it. It ain't gonna be Woodstock revisted.

Hey, if you have a local campground, why not spend a few weekends getting away and shutting down the house for a few days? I like camping and it is a very low cost weekend getaway (and now, many camps have WiFi so you can stay connected too).

Pitch a tent this year for FUN and FAMILY togetherness time AND not because it beats the shelter or a card board box. Too bad many will find themselves refugees in their own land.

Gordon

PS. 667 people stood in line for a 15.37 an hour job as a janitor in a junior high school. This took place near Canton, OH where HOOVER and others have left town...now your HOOVER is made in China...that Sucks...but wait, there's no such thing as "outsourcing"...we've always done it. OK then.

[MMacGillivray]

The man is worthy of his hire - but nobody will pay for the goods made by him - they prefer cheap imports. ..... even if that's at the expense of quality and reliability.

.... it does seem surreal to think of people having to live in tents when there are empty houses repossessed by bankers. There must be a better way to organise this. If rent to buy was available (even as a means of owning part of the equity in a home) would that not be much more sensible.

M

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Originally Posted by GordonJ

By summer, we'll have over 100,000 people living in TENTS in the state capitals...maybe more than that.

Here's a quote from today's news re: that tent city in CA...

"A closer examination of the site, including interviews with camp residents and police officers who patrol the area, turned up little if any evidence that true 'recession refugees' were living among the chronically homeless there."

Here's the article...
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...52J0FK20090320

Maybe we are not entering financial armegedon after all. Time will tell.

-- TW

Originally Posted by LindaC

Hi Gordon,

As the weather begins to warm across the USA...I believe more and more people will be searching for ways to grow food. Such as container gardens.

LindaC

Hi Linda, Here's a great, inexpensive way to
grow your own food with home made containers.
Just visit: www.EasyGrowVegetables.com

Cheers,
Steve Shulenski